Event Description

The <b>61st Annual Grammy Awards</b> ceremony will be held on February 10, 2019, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jem_2-0" class="reference"></sup> Pop/R&amp;B legend and 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys has been announced as the host of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup>

The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"></sup>Nominations were announced on December 7, 2018.

Dolly Parton will be honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two days prior to the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"></sup>